new motor time

[89surf]

need a new motor in my 2.4 deasial surf non turb as the 1 in its come to the end of its life jus wundering does any 1 no of a simple motor conversion want some thing thats going to drop straight in with a bit more power and cheapish

cheers

[tweake]

whats wrong with the old one ?
and what do you call cheap? as nothing in diesel is cheap

i would look at either rebuild it as a 2.8 or get a good second hand 2.8. i think the catch is if you old engine is series 1 or 2.

[89surf]

its out of a 84 surf was hoping 2 do something around 2g mark was looking at the 3.8 v6 holden motors but heard there it a fair bit in doing that motor has blowen piston out the side

[KIWI_TERRANO]

get a 5l and turbo it or find a 2.4 turbo

both will be pretty much bolt in

[89surf]

was looking at 2.4 turbo and just put bigger exhaust on it if i did that do i have to change computer and stuf

[KIWI_TERRANO]

if you get a earlymodel surf one like 89ish some came out with 2.4turbo with a manual pump either that or just get a 2.4 turb and use your manual pump off your old motor.

I just brought a 89 surf 2lt motor (2.4 turbo manual pump) off trademe but the motor is dead

[89surf]

what ytou mean by manual pump still learning bout this soughta stuf ant done much of it but gota start some where

[KIWI_TERRANO]

manual mechinic pump instead of the electronic controled one, mean you can tune more power out to!

give the boys a call at kaipoi repowers they should be able to sus something out to suit your budget

[89surf]

sweet cheers for the help mate are they prity good there

[KIWI_TERRANO]

Il be converting a 5l to turbo one using the donor motor I used, been told they create more power than a 1kz, you could always do that

[tweake]

have you got the 4 speed or 5 speed gearbox?

any petrol conversion is going to cost a lot more than your budget.
depending a bit on gearbox, any of the L series motors will bolt up.
trouble is they are not cheap. last 2.8 i saw was $2k for one that had done 300,000 km's. i wouldn't bother with the 2.4's unless you get one just for the block and fit 2.8 crank and pistons.

[89surf]

got the 5 speed in it might go down to kaiapoi repowers next time im down that way and see what they can do

[tweake]

excellent

[jakwoo39]

definatly a good idea to put a bigger motor in all those 2.4's are good for is blowing up 5l turbo sounds mint

[89surf]

yea would be nice be good if muny grew on trees 2

[curly12]

yea would be nice be good if muny grew on trees 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Muny

[Big Will]

go the 5L, you wont regret it.. I haven't yet!